³⁰ And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces^(A) of Xerxes’ kingdom—words of goodwill and assurance— ³¹ to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting^(B) and lamentation.^{(C) 32} Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.